im utterly head over heels and i feel pathetic

The guy I like, we're in the same friend group and he's nice, really nice. I like him, like a lot. I think he's reciprocating, but he hasn't outright said it so possibly I am wrong. I feel so stupid for liking him because we don't live near eachother, he lives in city and in a different province, I'm so far up north I'm not even IN a province. About once every few weeks I go to the city and I stay with my friend and her family for couple of days, that's the only time I have to see him.

I wanted to move to that city when I turn 18, but that's a long time away, and crazy expensive (if you have lived or live in British Columbia, you will probably know). So I wanted to move further south to a decent priced city. Who knows what will happen in a year, I just wish I couldn't be so scared to ask him about my feelings. We text often, obviously in a friend group chat, but a lot on our personal chat too. I think we are strictly friends still unfortunately, although we have been very close and almost close in the past (he has kissed me a few times at a few parties and other hangouts me and my friends had), which I don't think is always a strictly friendly thing, unless I'm wrong. 

Another issue is I am 100% sure another girl who is kind of in our group but not really (she is a friend of one of our friend), also likes him, like you can tell she likes him, and this same girl is the one who doesn't like me because we've had a few arguments in the past over her remarks about my personal things, I didn't like. If I say I like him, she will definitely hate me a lot, that's the last thing I want and I want nothing to be awkward so I'll say nothing.